Adhering to food safety and sanitation regulations is essential for food and beverage manufacturers, and machine design plays an important role in compliance. End users report a few different ways to measure sanitation compliance, two of which revolve around testing and certifications.
That’s according to PMMI Business Intelligence’s “Food Safety and Sanitation Trends: End User, OEM, and Supplier Perspectives,” a report that explores the essentialism of adhering to food safety regulations and effectively executing sanitation strategies through information on regulations, strategies, and exclusive insight. The report’s findings are based on 130 surveys/interviews with industry professionals, 77% of whom are CPGs or contract packagers, and 23% who are OEMs and suppliers.
When it comes to measurements that track sanitation, the Business Intelligence team finds that 66% of end users measure microbial counts, 39% track adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and 32% test for potential contaminant proteins. Furthermore, some end users also follow third-party certifications. 44% adhere to 3A standards, and 32% follow NSF 14159 standards.
3A standards stem from the 3-A Sanitary Standards organization, which develops standards for the food and beverage industry that cover regulatory sanitarians, equipment fabricators, and processors. Meanwhile, the NSF 14159 standards originate from the NSF International and American National Standards Institute (NSF/ANSI).
The combination of contamination testing and third-party standards gives end users a good idea of how sanitation in their food and beverage packaging and processing operations fare.
SOURCE: 2025 Food Safety and Sanitation Trends: End User, OEM, and Supplier Perspectives
For more insights from PMMI’s Business Intelligence team, find reports, including “2025 Beverage Packaging Trends“ and 2025 Performance Optimization: Insights for Packaging Line Readiness” at pmmi.org/business-intelligence.
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